Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Salford City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,846 approved · 1,340 refused · 627 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Irlam Town Football Club, Silver Street, Irlam, Salford, M44 6HR
Received Not publishedLand Off, Greylag Crescent, Worsley, Salford
Received Not published188A Langworthy Road, Salford, M6 5PP
Received Not publishedElmsleigh Court , 6 Ellesmere Road, Eccles, Salford, M30 9FH
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To 375, Trafford Road, Eccles, Salford
Received Not published323 Lower Broughton Road, Salford, M7 2LH
Received Not publishedWorsley Autogas Centre , Priestley Road, Swinton, Salford, M28 2LX
Received Not published19 Victoria Crescent, Eccles, M30 9AN
Received Not publishedArt 16, Gas Turbine Generating Station At Carrington, Greater Manchester
Received Not publishedLand Bounded By Cleminson St To North, New Bailey St To East, River Irwell To South-east, Trinity Way And North Star Drive To South And Adelphi St To West; Known As Salford Central, Extending To 17.7 Hectares., M3 5JT
Received Not published199 Bury New Road, Salford, M8 8DU
Received Not publishedSite Bounded By Crescent, Oldfield Road, Graythorn Street And Hulme Street, Salford, M5 4PF
Received Not published11 Sulway Close, Swinton, M27 4UY
Received Not published21 Irwell Grove, Eccles, M30 0ES
Received Not published14 Stranton Drive, Worsley, M28 2TB
Received Not publishedLand Formally Exchange Station, Greengate, Salford, M3 7WJ
Received Not publishedGreek Orthodox Church , Bury New Road, Salford, M7 4EY
Received Not published5 Hulme Street, Salford, M5 4PX
Received Not publishedFerguson House , 11 Blackfriars Road, Salford, M3 7AG
Received Not publishedMiddlewood Locks , Land North Of Middlewood Street, And East Of Oldfield Road, Salford, M5 4GU
Received Not publishedLand Adjacent To , 52 Derby Road, Salford, M6 5YD
Received Not published48 Fielders Way, Clifton, Swinton, M27 6SL
Received Not published235 Peel Green Road, Eccles, M30 7BX
Received Not published1 Lime Avenue, Swinton, M27 0GF
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Salford City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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